Siempre Creativo: Printmaking Workshops for Seniors
2023-08-23 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Please join us for 3 consecutive weeks exploring a variety of printmaking processes with artist Carol Sanchez. We will look for creative inspiration in the NHCC Art Museum printmaking exhibition, Nexo Entre Raíces, and experiment with a different printmaking technique in the Education Building. Please wear comfortable shoes for exploring the art museum. Participating seniors may sign up for one, two, or three workshops. Each workshop will begin and end in the Creative Classroom of the Pete V. Domenici Education Building. This week’s workshop will focus on Linoleum printmaking.
Free Community Event. Space is limited, please register below.

Printmaking Workshops for Seniors are part of the NHCC’s Siempre Creativo program, which provides free multidisciplinary arts program for seniors. No previous printmaking experience required.
This program is generously sponsored by AARP of Albuquerque

Mundos de Mestizaje: Torreón Tour
2023-08-24, 2023-08-25, 2023-08-31, 2023-09-01, 2023-09-07, 2023-09-08, 2023-09-14, 2023-09-15 and 2 more dates | NHCC Torreón, 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
11:00 am (MST)
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco created by artist Frederico Vigil. Tours of the fresco are offered Thursdays and Fridays at 11am. Located in the Torreón on the NHCC Campus, Mundos de Mestizaje depicts thousands of years of Hispanic culture, history, and identity.
Admission for the tour is $2 and tickets are available for advance purchase below. Tickets can also be purchased in the New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center, depending on availability. Capacity for each tour is limited.
A Vision of History through Fresco…
Mundos de Mestizaje by Frederico Vigil is a mural housed in the Torreón on the campus of the National Hispanic Cultural Center. This monumental fresco depicts thousands of years of Hispanic history highlighting diverse cultural connections between people and places from the Iberian Peninsula to the Americas. The 4,000 square foot painting is one of the largest frescos in North America.
The digitized imagery of the painting ensures that this culturally significant work can be a sharing and learning experience for students and families anywhere. We invite you to explore the imagery, history and complexities of the Mundos de Mestizaje mural.
Discover on your own by clicking the link HERE.
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Film: Pan’s Labyrinth
2023-08-25 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
5:00 pm: Cash bar and food trucks
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm: Musical Performance: WillaJay
7:00 pm: Film screening
It’s 1944 and the Allies have invaded Nazi-held Europe. In Spain, a troop of soldiers are sent to a remote forest to flush out the rebels. They are led by Capitan Vidal, a murdering sadist, and with him are his new wife Carmen and her daughter from a previous marriage, 11-year-old Ofelia. Ofelia witnesses her stepfather’s sadistic brutality and is drawn into Pan’s Labyrinth, a magical world of mythical beings.
Directed by Guillermo del Toro | 2006 | 118 minutes | Spanish with English subtitles | Rated R
Free community event. Please let us know how many will be attending below.
Generously supported by Bank of America.

Pathway to Prosperity: Shattering Illusions about Economic Progress
2023-08-26 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
This event has been canceled.
2:00 pm

Are New Mexicans doomed to live in poverty? What is the economic impact of the issues that are important to us, like education, criminal justice, immigration, and veteran’s care? How can we overcome the polarization that divides us so that we can collaborate and solve these problems in ways only New Mexicans can?
Keynote Speaker: Per Bylund, author of How to Think About the Economy: A Primer. Special Guest Performance: Doc Dixon, Comedic Magician. Other Speakers: Jonathan Olivas, Lucas Gauthier, Kiran Hill, Burly Cain, and Kerry Baldwin.
Join us, on the Pathway to Prosperity, as we shatter the illusions to economic progress for all New Mexicans. Doors open 1:00pm. Event begins 2:00pm. Meet & Greet 5:00pm. Doors close 6:00pm.
Free Community Event

The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.

Siempre Creativo: Printmaking Workshops for Seniors
2023-08-30 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Please join us for 3 consecutive weeks exploring a variety of printmaking processes with artist Carol Sanchez. We will look for creative inspiration in the NHCC Art Museum printmaking exhibition, Nexo Entre Raíces, and experiment with a different printmaking technique in the Education Building. Please wear comfortable shoes for exploring the art museum. Participating seniors may sign up for one, two, or three workshops. Each workshop will begin and end in the Creative Classroom of the Pete V. Domenici Education Building. This week’s workshop will focus on Drypoint printmaking.
Free Community Event. Space is limited, please register below.

Printmaking Workshops for Seniors are part of the NHCC’s Siempre Creativo program, which provides free multidisciplinary arts program for seniors. No previous printmaking experience required.
This program is generously sponsored by AARP of Albuquerque

Visual Arts Museum: First Sunday Free Admission
2023-09-03 | Visual Art Museum, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
On the first Sunday of every month, the Visual Arts Museum is free to all New Mexico residents!

Arte Poquito
2023-09-05 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
Arte Poquito is a free, monthly, 45-minute program for babies and toddlers ages 0 months to 4 years and their caregivers that cultivates creativity and self-expression through the exploration of Hispanic/Latine arts and culture. Participants explore the NHCC Museum and Performing Arts Center, and engage in artmaking, music, movement, dance, drama, and bilingual story time. NHCC instructors model age-appropriate arts techniques that celebrate self-expression, build vocabulary, and strengthen both fine-motor and gross-motor skills in a fun environment.
Free Community Event. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
This program is generously supported by Bank of Albuquerque.

Poetry Reading and Reception with Olivia Romo
2023-09-07 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
6:30 – 8:00 pm
Join us at the Center for a reading and reception featuring New Mexico poet Olivia Romo! Olivia Romo is a farmer, poet, and water rights activist from Taos. She earned her duel Bachelor’s degrees in English and Chicano/a Studies from the University of New Mexico in 2015. Olivia is also a recognized spoken word artist and storyteller. In 2011, she was titled the New Mexico State Slam Poetry Champion. She was also nominated as a “Remarkable Woman of Taos” and “A Woman to Watch” for the 2013 community-wide celebration honoring outstanding Taoseñas.
Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP Albuquerque. Snacks will be included as part of the reception. This event is part of the NHCC’s Siempre Creativo program.

Writing Workshop and Reading with Olivia Romo
2023-09-09 | September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes
10:00 am – 12:00 pm: Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Community Reading
Please join Olivia Romo for an ekphrastic poetry workshop and community reading that will breathe new life and interpretations into the works of art at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. This workshop will guide writers on their own journey of home, exploring the joyful, sorrowful, and painful histories of past and present New Mexico. We will approach the page like a canvas and reimagine our unique histories and personal stories by interpreting works of visual art. Through experimental usage of form, this workshop will assist writers in developing their craft.
After the workshop, a community reading will be held to provide a brave space for participants to explore how the visual arts impact them in maintaining and reclaiming New Mexico as home.
Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP Albuquerque. Boxed lunches will be provided. This event is part of the NHCC’s Siempre Creativo program.
About the author: Olivia Romo is a farmer, poet, and water rights activist from Taos. She earned her duel Bachelor’s degrees in English and Chicano/a Studies from the University of New Mexico in 2015. Olivia is also a recognized spoken word artist and storyteller. In 2011, she was titled the New Mexico State Slam Poetry Champion. She was also nominated as a “Remarkable Woman of Taos” and “A Woman to Watch” for the 2013 community-wide celebration honoring outstanding Taoseñas.

Nuestra Herencia: Genealogy Workshop for Seniors
2023-09-14 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
1:30 pm
Explore your cultural heritage at the NHCC with free genealogy workshop as part of our Nuestra Herencia program! Nuestra Herencia will provide participating seniors with the opportunity to participate in interactive tours of the NHCC Art Museum and Torreón, paired with genealogy workshops and coffee socials.
This event is part of the NHCC’s Siempre Creativo program.
Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP New Mexico. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

Día de Familia: Fiesta de Cultura
2023-09-16 | NHCC Campus, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
11:30 am – 12:45 pm: Dance and Movement – Salon Ortega
1:00 – 1:45 pm: Performance by Mad About Music from UNM String Lab – Fountain Courtyard
2:00 – 3:00 pm: Dance and Movement – Salon Ortega
Join us at the Center as we kick off Hispanic Heritage Month with a day of activities for the entire family! Our Fiesta de Cultura features a family-friendly celebration of independence and creative expression through the arts inspired by Hispanic culture. Activities include a scavenger hunt, a story walk, music from UNM String Lab’s Mad About Music, and mask-making based on the Center’s new mascot!
Free Community Event, generously sponsored by NM Gas. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

2023 New Mexico Conference on the Link Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence
2023-09-18 - 2023-09-19 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday
8:00 am – 1:00 pm Tuesday
Positive Links presents Stop the Violence. The 2023 New Mexico conference on the link between animal abuse and human violence. Learn from experts in the field, get training, and network with others so we can raise awareness and look for solutions on how to Stop the Violence.
$72 Advance, $92 Standard & $107 Day of Event.
$15 add on for CLE & CEU
Reservations still available at the event.

The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2023-09-19 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7
10:00 am
Head to the Center for our next Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime, featuring Dreamers/Soñadores, by Yuyi Morales! This picture book tells the story of the author’s journey from Mexico to the United States with her young son.
Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
This program is generously supported by NM Gas.

Afro Mundo: Maestra
2023-09-20 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Denver) | NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting
7:00 pm: Social Justice Film Screening, Panel Discussion to immediately follow.
In 1961, over 250,000 Cubans joined their country’s National Literacy Campaign and taught more than 707,000 other Cubans to read and write. Almost half of these volunteer teachers were under eighteen years old, and more than half were women.
Free Community Event

Narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, MAESTRA explores the experiences of nine of the women who, as young girls, helped eradicate Cuban illiteracy within one year. Interweaving interviews, archival footage, and campaign photos, this lively documentary includes one of the first Cubans of her generation to call herself a feminist and one of the first openly proud members of Cuba’s LGBTQI community. With wit and spirit, all recall negotiating for autonomy and independence in a culture still bound by patriarchal structures. MAESTRA highlights the will and courage that made the monumental endeavor possible and the pivotal role of women’s and youth empowerment in building a new society.

Reposo: A Hispanic Artist Rests for the Entirety of Hispanic Heritage Month
2023-09-20 00:00 - 2023-10-15 23:59 | Visual Arts Corridor, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
Tuesday – Sunday 10am – 4pm
In this durational performance, artist Justin Favela will rest for the entirety of Hispanic Heritage Month at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. This performance challenges capitalistic views of labor and human value, the performance of racialized and gendered labor, and examines what it means to be an Hispanic/Latinx/Latine artist working in the art world today. As the artist rests for the month, his decision to not take on any work during this time will be an opportunity to confront his own values about labor and self-worth, while finally actually taking time off to heal and listen to his body.

This piece is inspired by the work of many that came before him, including recent work by Tricia Hersey and the Nap Ministry. It is also informed by the artist’s interest in the history and significance of ‘sleeping Mexican’ souvenirs and the fact that he is tired as hell from being overworked and underpaid for the last decade of his career. This performance marks a point in the artist’s life where he is truly stepping back and analyzing what it means to rest.
Favela will be resting at the NHCC in the Visual Arts Building. During this time, the artist is available for casual visits with the public. However, he is unable to participate in interviews during this time because he is resting.

Film: Coyote Cage Feature Film Premiere
2023-09-22 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Food Trucks & Cash Bar
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Featuring a pre-show performance by Award-Winning Artist Micky Cruz
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tabling
7:00 pm Film Screening
Panel Discussion, Raffle & Q&A to immediately follow.
The National Premiere of the Local Feature Film Coyote Cage. Coyote Cage is about a group of Latin American immigrants who find themselves in the middle of a human trafficking ring and seek shelter in a safe house, that is anything but. The screening will be followed by a Q&A Panel with the filmmakers and members of the cast.
Free community event

NHCC Foundation Meet and Greet with Cecilia Violetta Lopez
2023-09-23 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
NHCC Foundation Meet and Greet with Cecilia Violetta Lopez. Light hors d’oeuvres and one drink will be included Cash Bar Available.
Cecilia López, a talented Mexican-American opera soprano known as “The Daughter of Idaho,” was born in Rupert, Idaho but currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ms. López’s musical career began when she was a little child and began singing mariachi songs that her mother had taught her. She received the coveted Idaho State Concurrent Resolution honoring her life as an Idahoan and her achievements in the operatic world.
$75.00 for Non-members, $50.00 for NHCC Foundation Members

In addition to being named one of opera’s “25 Rising Stars” by Opera News, she has been designated one of “Idaho’s Top 10 Most Influential Women of the Century” by USA Today. Her “alluring voice and incredible range” (Washington Post) are frequently praised for the singing actress.
Ms. López has displayed remarkable perseverance and adaptation in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic’s hurdles. She has taken part in virtual and live recitals with prominent opera companies during the 2020–2021 season, including Opera Idaho, Opera Las Vegas, Austin Opera, Opera Southwest, Chatter ABQ, and Madison Opera. Notably, she performed with the Pacific Symphony for the first time, mesmerizing audiences as Violetta in their 90-minute La traviata rendition.
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Ms. López was named Opera Idaho’s first Artistic Advisor in January 2021. Cecilia will collaborate closely with the General Director to help develop the future of Opera Idaho.
Tickets for her performance may be purchased by visiting here!
Proceeds to benefit the NHCC Performing Arts Program

Opera Southwest: Mariposa Que Vuela: An Evening with Cecilia Violetta López
2023-09-23 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 pm
Opera Southwest & the NHCC present Mariposa Que Vuela, a “recital autobiográfico” with soprano Cecilia Violetta López. Weaving together mariachi, ranchera, and opera music, Cecilia tells the story of her family, her early childhood in the farm fields of Idaho, the songs that her mother taught her, and her thrilling career in opera.
$22, $32 & $42,
Discounts for patrons 30 years old and younger as well as anyone with a WIC or EBT id. Please call the NHCC Box office at 505-724-4771 for discounted tickets.
Celebrated soprano (and new Albuquerque resident) Cecilia Violetta López has been named one of “Idaho’s Top 10 Most Influential Women of the Century” by USA Today and has been named one of opera’s “25 Rising Stars” by Opera News. The singing actress is constantly praised for her “alluring voice and incredible range” (Washington Post).

AMP Concerts: Los Gaiteros & Madalitso Band
2023-09-24 | Patio | Fountain Courtyard, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
7:30 pm
AMP Concerts and the NHCC Present Los Gaiteros & Madalitso Band
Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto was established in Colombia in the mid 1950s. In 1968, they performed at the Olympic Cultural Games in Mexico. Their touring, the exceptional quality of their musicians across generations, and the fact that they are one of the few gaita ensembles whose music has been commercially produced have made them the most important musical group of gaitas and Cumbia in Colombia and worldwide.
Madalitso Band are a two-man musical army from Malawi. Described as ‘uplifting and vibrant’ by the BBC, the band plays the babatone, a home-made instrument which is very popular in Malawi and the four-string guitar, creating the traditional Malawi banjo sound. The babatone player works on the side as a “gardener” and the guitar player works as a “watchman” as required. Around Malawi they are revered as musical prophets.
Special price of $12 for general admission. Kids 12 years old and younger are free at the door night of show.
Approximate time of event: 3 hours including intermission.

Colcha Community Stitch A-long
2023-09-26 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:30 am (MST) on the 4th Tuesday of each month
Our Colcha community Workshop is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting. This workshop is instructed by Annette Gutierrez-Turk. Annette has taught this art form to groups internationally and at the NHCC for many years. She is also an award-winning artist, most recently recognized in 2019 at Santa Fe Spanish Market. Annette will demonstrate as well as answer questions. We hope you will join us every month on the fourth Tuesday, on zoom or in person. Everyone will have a chance to share what they are working on.
Please register here every month and we will email the zoom link to you. Questions: Please email Elena at ElenaD.baca@dca.nm.gov or call 505-220-7928.
Free Community Event. Thank you to the Sandia Mountains-EGA for their continued support of this program.

For more on Colcha, please watch this video: Colcha Circle Video
Here is the pattern used in the beginner colcha kit. Click the thumbnail below to enlarge.

AMP Concerts: Joanne Shaw Taylor
2023-09-27 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:30 pm
AMP Concerts presents Joanne Shaw Taylor. Discovered by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics when she was only 16 years old and invited to tour the world, Taylor has since become one of the most sought-after guitarists in the industry, with an army of plaudits that includes Jimmy Cliff, Stevie Wonder, Annie Lennox, and more. Still only in her 30s, she’s proven herself as a prolific songwriter, releasing a series of best-selling Billboard #1 blues albums that cemented her as one of the most important exports in British blues-rock. “Taylor has navigated the journey from rough diamond to global star,” wrote ERB Magazine. “In a male-dominated guitar world, she truly holds her own.”
$27, $37 & $47

Approximate time of event: 2 hours including intermission.

The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.
